So is there a way, currently, to say, bring in a simple object such as a sphere or plane and transform/scale it and use it as a light emitter in Octane? If not this would be a great feature to have. One step better would be for that geo to already exist within Octane.

Does anyone have any tips or tricks they can share for lighting in octane? I'm pretty used to manually moving spot and area lights around by hand in other programs and having the ability to direct light to very specific areas. I've watched a few of the demo videos and read through the manual but I ...